The Handmaid's Tale Summary

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1.The king administered justice by turning his imaginations into facts. He made his decisions by himself without getting input from no one but himself. He built a public arena. One of the purpose of the arena was to widen and develop the mental energies of the people. Such as having two doors with a vicious tiger behind one and a beautiful lady behind the other.
2.No, I don't think the king 's method of administering justice is fair. The crime didn't always fit the crime. If the accused crime interested the king, he would make public notice for the date of the accuse fate. If the accused chose the door with the tiger he would be viciously torn to pieces. If the chose the other door he would be force to live forever with a woman he didn't love.
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Then the princess would have no choice but to forget about the accuser because she can not have him. If he chose the door that lies the tiger he would be mauled to death. Therefore either door the man chooses with mean he won't be in the princess's life.
4.Through grace of the princess power and gold it brought her the secret of what was behind each door. She became possessed with the interest in this case. She had to know behind which door stood the cage of the vicious tiger. She also had to know which door stood waiting the beautiful lady that she hated.
5.The princess had difficulty deciding which door to her lover because she didn't want to lose him. She was not sure if she wanted him to be married to such a beautiful lady. Nor was she sure if she wanted him to be mauled to death by a vicious tiger. Either choice she made meant she would not have her lover. She would have to live without him for the rest of her life.
6.The princess communicated which door to her lover by a wave of her hand. All eyes of the people were on the man and no one was watching the princess. The moment he looked at her he knew she had succeeded in the mystery of which door to choose. The quickly waved her hand to the right so he would know which door to

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